INTERCORP FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. [●] Common Shares FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
INTERCORP FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
[●] Common Shares
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
July [●], 2019
BofA Securities, Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc.
c/o BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
ITAU BBA USA SECURITIES, INC.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Intercorp Financial Services, Inc., a Panamanian corporation (sociedad anónima) (the “Company”), Banco Internacional del Perú, S.A.A.—Interbank, a subsidiary of the Company (“Interbank”), Intercorp Perú Ltd. (“Intercorp”) and NWI Emerging Market Fixed Income Master Fund Ltd., (“EMFI” and, together with Interbank and Intercorp, the “Selling Shareholders”), agree with the several Underwriters named in Schedule B hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom BofA Securities, Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc. are acting as representatives (“Representatives”) to sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of [●] common shares (“Common Shares”), with no par value, of the Company (such [●] Common Shares being sold by the Company being referred to as “Primary Firm Securities” and such [●] Common Shares being sold by the Selling Shareholders being referred to as the “Secondary Firm Securities” and together hereinafter referred to as the “Firm Securities”), and the Company also agrees to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than [●] additional shares of its Common Shares (the “Optional Securities”). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “Offered Securities”.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 (No. 333- [●]) covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act, including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses. At any particular time, this initial registration statement, in the form then on file with the SEC, including all information contained in the registration statement (if any) pursuant to Rule 462(b) and then deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement, and all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Initial Registration Statement”. The Company may also have filed, or may file with the SEC, a Rule 462(b) registration statement covering the registration of the Offered Securities.
At any particular time, this Rule 462(b) registration statement, in the form then on file with the SEC, including the contents of the Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Additional Registration Statement”. The Company has also filed, in accordance with Section 12 of the Exchange Act, a registration statement (such registration statement as amended through the time such registration statement becomes effective, being hereinafter called the “Exchange Act Registration Statement”), on Form 8-A (No. 001-[●]) under the Exchange Act to register, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, the Common Shares. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Initial Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement, the Exchange Act Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement, or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the SEC pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”).
As of the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act, and is not proposed to be amended and the Exchange Act Registration Statement has become effective, as provided under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. Any Additional Registration Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the SEC pursuant to Rule 462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. The Offered Securities all have been or will be duly registered under the Securities Act pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement, and if applicable, the Additional Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement:
“430A Information”, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b).
“430C Information”, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
“Applicable Time” means [●]:00 P.M. (Eastern standard time) on the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 4 hereof.
“Effective Time” with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c). If an Additional Registration Statement has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised the Representatives that it proposes to file one, “Effective Time” with respect to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Final Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430A Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule C to this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the SEC or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
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The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement, if any, are referred to collectively as the “Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration Statement”. A “Registration Statement” with reference to a particular time means the Initial Registration Statement and any Additional Registration Statement as of such time. A “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its Effective Time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions, 430A Information with respect to a Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in such Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A.
“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the SEC.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”), the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx) promulgated or approved by the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and the rules (“NYSE Rules”) of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
“Statutory Prospectus” with reference to a particular time means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any 430A Information or 430C Information with respect to such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430A Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(c) and not retroactively.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Securities Act.
(ii) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (i) (A) At their respective Effective Times, (B) on the date of this Agreement and (C) on each Closing Date, each of the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement (if any) conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
(iii) Ineligible Issuer Status. (i) At the time of the initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement and (ii) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, including (x) the Company or any subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Securities Act and not being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.
(iv) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time or the Closing Date, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus, dated [●], 2019 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the
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other information, if any, stated in Schedule C to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
(v) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statements. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statements or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(vi) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation (sociedad anónima) in good standing under the laws of Panama (to the extent that good standing is applicable under Panamanian law), with power and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company or its subsidiaries, or when applicable, of the Selling Shareholders, or their respective obligations under this Agreement or in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities (“Material Adverse Effect”).
(vii) Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation (to the extent that good standing is applicable under the law of the relevant jurisdiction of incorporation), with power and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule E to this Agreement are the only “significant subsidiaries” of the Company (as defined in Rule 405).
(viii) Offered Securities. The authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package; all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Secondary Firm Securities) are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and conform to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; there are no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock in the Company; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder.
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(ix) Title to Securities. The Company has, and on the Closing Date will have, full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered by the Company on such Closing Date hereunder, free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances.
(x) Delivery of Primary Firm Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for Offered Securities to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and delivery of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement (i) the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Offered Securities and (ii) no action based on any adverse claim to such Offered Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement.
(xi) The Common Shares. The Primary Firm Securities to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and the issuance of such Primary Firm Securities is not subject to any preemptive or similar right.
(xii) No Finder’s Fee. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company (other than the Company’s subsidiary Inteligo Sociedad Agente de Bolsa S.A. (“Inteligo SAB”)) or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
(xiii) Registration Rights. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act (collectively, “registration rights”).
(xiv) Listing. The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to notice of issuance.
(xv) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other person, governmental agency, body, court or stock exchange is required for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities, except for the registration of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters.
(xvi) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all material real properties and all other material properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, charges, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them and, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any material leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
(xvii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other governmental agency
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or body or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for, in the case of (ii) and (iii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xviii) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its respective charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents, (ii) in violation of any statute, rule, regulation or order of any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other governmental agency or body or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii) in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, or (iv) has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, contract or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company, or to the Company’s knowledge, any other party to any such material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, contract or other agreement or instrument, except for, in the case of (ii) to (iv), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xx) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits, including all required banking and insurance licenses, as applicable, (“Licenses”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus to be conducted by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, that could individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxii) Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, domain names, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “intellectual property rights”) necessary to conduct the business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the knowledge of the Company, the intellectual property rights of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person.
(xxiii) Taxation. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid (except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by the International Financial Reporting Standards as promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) have been created in the financial statements of the Company), except where the failure to file such returns or pay such taxes would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has individually or in the aggregate had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which would individually or in the aggregate have) a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxiv) Enforceability of this Agreement. This Agreement is or shall be in proper legal form under the laws of Panama and Peru for the enforcement thereof in Panama and/or Peru against the Company, and (i) to ensure its enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in Peru, (a) its filing with the courts of Peru is required, (b) it must be translated into Spanish by a duly authorized public translator traductor oficial) in Peru, (c) if issued in any country (x) which is a party of the Hague Convention for Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents dated October 5, 1961 (“The Hague Convention”) and has not opposed Peru’s accession thereto, such document must be certified with an apostille, or (y) which is not a signatory country of The Hague Convention, or then being a signatory country, opposed Peru’s accession thereto, such document must be legalized before a notary public of such country, the competent Peruvian consulate and before the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores), (d) prior to the institution of any proceedings in the city of Lima (other than executory proceedings (procesos únicos de ejecución) such as the enforcement in Peru of a judgment obtained abroad and other specific procedures under the Peruvian Civil Procedure Code), the claim must be submitted to a conciliator pursuant to Law No. 26872 and its regulatory Decree No. 014-2008-JUS (both as amended) and, if no settlement is reached at such mediation, filing of the minutes of the failed mediation with the relevant court, and (e) payment of the court rates by the party seeking enforcement as may apply from time to time under applicable Peruvian law, and (ii) to ensure its legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in Panama, it is not necessary that this Agreement or any other document related thereto be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in Panama (except that an official translation into Spanish by a duly authorized public translator in Panama may be required for purposes of enforcement proceedings thereto) or that any registration tax, stamp duty or similar tax be paid in Panama on or in respect of this Agreement other than court costs, including (without limitation) filing fees and deposits to guarantee judgment required by a Panamanian court of law and except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally provided that this Agreement (which, if executed outside of Panama, shall be duly notarized and legalized by a consulate or apostilled pursuant to The Hague Convention) needs to be filed together with the corresponding lawsuit with the applicable courts in Panama, and, at that moment, stamp duty or similar tax must be paid in Panama in respect thereof.
(xxv) Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Company has agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the state of New York in which the relevant suit or proceeding may be instituted. Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered in any state or federal court in the state of New York having jurisdiction in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of Panama and Peru without reexamination of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or retrial of the matters adjudicated upon or payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty, provided that such judgment fulfills the requirements described under the heading “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. The Company is not aware of any reason why the enforcement in Panama or Peru of such a judgment in respect of this Agreement would be contrary to public policy, good morals and international treaties binding upon Peru or Panama or generally accepted principles of international law in Panama or Peru (including, in each case, any political subdivision thereof).
(xxvi) Absence of Panamanian or Peruvian Stamp and Other Taxes. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no Panamanian or Peruvian transaction tax, stamp duty or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no Panamanian or Peruvian capital gains, income, withholding or other similar taxes are payable or required to be collected by or on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with (i) the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Agreement or of any other document to be furnished hereunder, except as set forth in Section 2(xxii) (Enforcement of Foreign Judgements) of this Agreement, (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) the resale and delivery of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
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(xxvii) Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries (a) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential violation, liability or obligation under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, except for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxviii) Accurate Disclosure. Subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations set forth therein, the statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Taxation”, “Description of Common Shares” and “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
(xxix) Absence of Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(xxx) Market-Related Data and Forward-Looking Statements. The opinions, analyses, and forecasts about the Company and any third-party statistical and market-related data included in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(xxxi) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in compliance with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx and all applicable NYSE Rules. The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “Internal Controls”) that comply with all applicable Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Internal Controls are, or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be, overseen by the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board in accordance with NYSE Rules. The Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and within the next 135 days the Company does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, a significant deficiency, material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls (each, an “Internal Control Event”), any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, or any matter which, if determined adversely, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxii) Independent Auditors. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Asociados Sociedad Civil de Responsabilidad Limitada, a member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited (“Ernst & Young”), who have audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the General Disclosure Package, are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the SEC and the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and as required by the Securities Act.
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(xxxiii) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance by insurers of recognized financial responsibility covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy as to which any insurer is denying liability except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for or received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxiv) Cybersecurity; Data Protection. The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and to the knowledge of the Company there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same or which would otherwise not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification except as could not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse effect.
(xxxv) Litigation. Except as disclosed under the heading “Business—Legal Proceedings” in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory pending actions, demands, claims, arbitrations, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other court or governmental agency or body) against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or directors or officers that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, demands, claims, arbitrations, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other court or governmental agency or body) are, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated.
(xxxvi) Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements included in each Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with IFRS applied on a consistent basis in all material respects; and all statistical (i.e., Guide 3) information provided in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and is in all material respects accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
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(xxxvii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package, (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is material and adverse, (ii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock, (iii) there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xxxviii) Related Party Transactions. There are no material relationships or transactions between the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand, and any of the Company’s affiliates or any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ directors or officers, on the other hand, that are not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xxxix) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”).
(xl) Ratings. No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company or its subsidiaries that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ retaining any rating assigned to the Company or its subsidiaries or any securities of the Company or its subsidiaries or (ii) has indicated to the Company or its subsidiaries that it is considering any of the actions described in Section 8(c)(ii) hereof.
(xli) PFIC Status. Based on the Company’s current expectations regarding its subsidiaries meeting certain statutory exceptions, the value and nature of its assets, the sources and nature of its income, relevant market and shareholder data and its current business plans, the Company believes that it will not be treated as a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to its 2018 and current taxable year, and the Company does not anticipate becoming a PFIC in the future.
(xlii) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Securities Act.
(xliii) Use of Funds. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, any of their respective directors or officers or, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent or affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) made any payment or taken any action from any funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which violated any applicable provision of Panamanian or Peruvian anti-corruption law or of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the “FCPA”), to the extent applicable; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom; or (v) made any bribe, unlawful rebate, unlawful payoff, unlawful influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with all applicable anti-corruption legislation.
(xliv) Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the money laundering statutes of Panama and Peru and all other applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued and administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before
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any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xlv) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, any of their respective directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture, consortium partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, and are not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(xlvi) Payment of Dividends. Cash dividends made to holders of the Offered Securities are not subject to Panamanian dividend tax so long as the net proceeds received by the Company upon the sale of the Offered Securities are not placed, invested or economically utilized in Panama and the Company has not earned any Panamanian source income, as defined in the Panamanian tax laws and regulations. All cash dividends made to holders of the Offered Securities are currently free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in Peru or Panama or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. All dividends and other distributions do not require any governmental authorization in Peru or Panama.
(xlvii) Immunity. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any of their respective assets or revenues, has immunity, including sovereign immunity, from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) or from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets, (ii) the United States or the State of New York or (iii) Panama, Peru or any political subdivision thereof. To the extent that the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or revenues may have or may hereafter have immunity from any such court, the Company has, pursuant to Section 18 of this Agreement, waived, and it will waive, or will cause its subsidiaries to waive, such immunity to the extent permitted by law.
(xlviii) Valid Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of Panama and Peru and will be recognized by the courts of Panama and Peru, except as when under the laws of Panama or Peru, as applicable, provisions of foreign law shall be excluded if they are incompatible with international public policy or good morals, in which case, the laws of Panama or Peru, as applicable, will apply. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding brought in such court.
(xlix) Absence of Exchange Controls. Under current laws and regulations of Peru and Panama, all dividends or other distributions made in respect of the Common Shares may be paid by the Company in U.S. dollars that may be freely transferred out of Peru and Panama, respectively, without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in Peru or Panama (including, in each case, any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein).
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3. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. (A) Each of IFS and Interbank represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Title to Securities. Interbank has, and on the Closing Date will have, full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered by Interbank on such Closing Date hereunder, free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances.
(ii) Delivery of Offered Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for the Offered Securities to be sold by Interbank pursuant to this Agreement and delivery of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement (i) the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Offered Securities and (ii) no action based on any adverse claim to such Offered Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement.
(iii) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any person (including any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other governmental agency or body or any court) is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities sold by Interbank, except such as have been obtained and made under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under FINRA and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters.
(iv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance by Interbank of this Agreement, the consummation by Interbank of the transactions contemplated hereby and the offering and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of Interbank pursuant to (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over Interbank or any of their properties, (ii) any agreement or instrument to which Interbankis a party or by which Interbank is bound or to which any of the properties of Interbankis subject, or (iii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of Interbank, except for in the case of (i) or (ii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement or in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
(v) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Interbank.
(vi) Enforceability of this Agreement. This Agreement is or shall be in proper legal form under the laws of Panama and Peru for the enforcement thereof in Panama and/or Peru against Interbank, and (i) to ensure its enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in Peru, (a) its filing with the courts of Peru is required, (b) it must be translated into Spanish by a duly authorized public translator traductor oficial) in Peru, (c) if issued in any country (x) which is a party of The Hague Convention and has not opposed Peru’s accession thereto, such document must be certified with an apostille, or (y) which is not a signatory country of The Hague Convention, or then being a signatory country, opposed Peru’s accession thereto, such document must be legalized before a notary public of such country, the competent Peruvian consulate and before the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores), (d) prior to the institution of any proceedings in the city of Lima (other than executory proceedings (procesos únicos de ejecución) such as the enforcement in Peru of a judgment obtained abroad and other specific procedures under the Peruvian Civil Procedure Code), the claim must be submitted to a conciliator pursuant to Law No. 26872 and its regulatory Decree No. 014-2008-JUS (both as amended) and, if no settlement is reached at such mediation, filing of the minutes of the failed mediation with the relevant court, and (e) payment of the court rates by the party seeking enforcement as may apply from time to time under applicable Peruvian law, and (ii) to ensure its legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in Panama, it is not necessary that this Agreement or any other document related thereto be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in Panama (except that an official translation into Spanish by a duly authorized public translator in Panama may be required for purposes of enforcement proceedings thereto), or that any registration tax, stamp duty or similar tax be paid in Panama on or in respect of this Agreement other than court costs, including (without limitation) filing fees and deposits to guarantee judgment required by a Panamanian
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court of law and except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally provided that this Agreement (which, if executed outside of Panama, shall be duly notarized and legalized by a consulate or apostilled pursuant to The Hague Convention) needs to be filed together with the corresponding lawsuit with the applicable courts in Panama, and, at that moment, stamp duty or similar tax must be paid in Panama in respect thereof.
(vii) Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Interbank has agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the state of New York in which the relevant suit or proceeding may be instituted. Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered in any state or federal court in the state of New York having jurisdiction in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against Interbank based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby would be declared enforceable against Interbank by the courts of Panama and Peru without reexamination of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or retrial of the matters adjudicated upon or payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty, provided that such judgment fulfills the requirements described under the heading “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. Interbank is not aware of any reason why the enforcement in Panama or Peru of such a judgment in respect of this Agreement would be contrary to public policy, good morals and international treaties binding upon Panama or Peru or generally accepted principles of international law in Panama or Peru (including, in each case, any political subdivision thereof).
(viii) No Finder’s Fee. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between Interbank and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against Interbank (other than the Company’s subsidiary Inteligo SAB) or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(ix) Absence of Manipulation. Interbank has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(x) No Association with FINRA. Neither Interbank nor any of its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with any member firm of FINRA or is a person associated with a member (within the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws) of FINRA.
(xi) ERISA Compliance. Interbank is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (C) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.
(B) Intercorp represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Good Standing. Intercorp has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation (to the extent that good standing is applicable under the law of the relevant jurisdiction of incorporation), with power and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct its business in its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement or in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
(ii) Title to Securities. Intercorp has, and on the Closing Date will have, full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered by Intercorp on such Closing Date hereunder, free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances.
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(iii) Delivery of Offered Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for the Offered Securities to be sold by Intercorp pursuant to this Agreement and delivery of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement, (i) the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Offered Securities and (ii) no action based on any adverse claim to such Offered Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement.
(iv) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any person (including any Peruvian, Bahamian, U.S. or other governmental agency or body or any court) is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities sold by Intercorp, except such as have been obtained and made under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under FINRA and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters.
(v) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance by Intercorp of this Agreement, the consummation by Intercorp of the transactions contemplated hereby and the offering and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of Intercorp pursuant to (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over Intercorp or any of their properties, (ii) any agreement or instrument to which Intercorp is a party or by which Intercorp is bound or to which any of the properties of Intercorp is subject, or (iii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of Intercorp, except for in the case of (i) or (ii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement or in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
(vi) Accurate Disclosure. (a) On its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) as of the Applicable Time, neither the General Disclosure Package nor any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
(vii) No Undisclosed Material Information. The sale of the Offered Securities by Intercorp pursuant to this Agreement is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is not set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(viii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Intercorp.
(ix) Use of Funds. Neither Intercorp, any of its directors or officers or, to the knowledge of Intercorp, any of its employees, agents or affiliates or other person associated with or acting on behalf of Intercorp has (i) used any corporate funds of Intercorp for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds of Intercorp; (iii) made any payment or taken any action from any funds of Intercorp which violated any applicable provision of Panamanian or Peruvian anti-corruption law or of the FCPA, to the extent applicable; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom; or (v) made any bribe, unlawful rebate, unlawful payoff, unlawful influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. Intercorp has instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with all applicable anti-corruption legislation.
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(x) Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of Intercorp are and have been conducted in compliance with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving Intercorp with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of Intercorp, threatened.
(xi) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither Intercorp, any of its directors or officers or, to the knowledge of Intercorp, any of its employees, agents or affiliates or other person associated with or acting on behalf of Intercorp, is currently the subject or the target of any Sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, nor is Intercorp located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and Intercorp will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture, consortium partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, Intercorp has not knowingly engaged in, and is not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(xii) Enforceability of this Agreement. This Agreement is or shall be in proper legal form under the laws of Panama and Peru for the enforcement thereof in Panama and/or Peru against Intercorp, and (i) to ensure its enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in Peru, (a) its filing with the courts of Peru is required, (b) it must be translated into Spanish by a duly authorized public translator traductor oficial) in Peru, (c) if issued in any country (x) which is a party of The Hague Convention and has not opposed Peru’s accession thereto, such document must be certified with an apostille, or (y) which is not a signatory country of The Hague Convention, or then being a signatory country, opposed Peru’s accession thereto, such document must be legalized before a notary public of such country, the competent Peruvian consulate and before the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores), (d) prior to the institution of any proceedings in the city of Lima (other than executory proceedings (procesos únicos de ejecución) such as the enforcement in Peru of a judgment obtained abroad and other specific procedures under the Peruvian Civil Procedure Code), the claim must be submitted to a conciliator pursuant to Law No. 26872 and its regulatory Decree No. 014-2008-JUS (both as amended) and, if no settlement is reached at such mediation, filing of the minutes of the failed mediation with the relevant court, and (e) payment of the court rates by the party seeking enforcement as may apply from time to time under applicable Peruvian law and (ii) to ensure its legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in Panama, it is not necessary that this Agreement or any other document related thereto be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in Panama (except that an official translation into Spanish by a duly authorized public translator in Panama may be required for purposes of enforcement proceedings thereto), or that any registration tax, stamp duty or similar tax be paid in Panama on or in respect of this Agreement other than court costs, including (without limitation) filing fees and deposits to guarantee judgment required by a Panamanian court of law and except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally provided that this Agreement (which, if executed outside of Panama, shall be duly notarized and legalized by a consulate or apostilled pursuant to The Hague Convention) needs to be filed together with the corresponding lawsuit with the applicable courts in Panama, and, at that moment, stamp duty or similar tax must be paid in Panama in respect thereof.
(xiii) Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Intercorp has agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the state of New York in which the relevant suit or proceeding may be instituted. Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered in any state or federal court in the state of New York having jurisdiction in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against Intercorp based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby would be declared enforceable against such Shareholder by the courts of Panama and Peru without reexamination of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or retrial of the matters adjudicated upon or payment of any stamp,
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registration or similar tax or duty, provided that such judgment fulfills the requirements described under the heading “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. Intercorp is not aware of any reason why the enforcement in Panama or Peru of such a judgment in respect of this Agreement would be contrary to public policy, good morals and international treaties binding upon Panama or Peru or generally accepted principles of international law in Panama or Peru (including, in each case, any political subdivision thereof).
(xiv) Absence of Panamanian or Peruvian Stamp and Other Taxes. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no Panamanian or Peruvian transaction tax, stamp duty or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no Panamanian or Peruvian capital gains, income, withholding or other similar taxes are payable or required to be collected by or on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with (i) the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Agreement or of any other document to be furnished hereunder, except as set forth in Section 3(xiv) (Enforcement of Foreign Judgements) of this Agreement, (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) the resale and delivery of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(xv) Immunity. Neither Intercorp, nor any of its assets or revenues, has immunity, including sovereign immunity, from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) or from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets, (ii) the United States or the State of New York or (iii) Panama, Peru or any political subdivision thereof. To the extent that Intercorp or any of its assets or revenues may have or may hereafter have immunity from any such court, Intercorp has, pursuant to Section 18 of this Agreement, waived, and it will waive, such immunity to the extent permitted by law.
(xvi) Valid Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of Panama and Peru and will be recognized by the courts of Panama and Peru, except as when under the laws of Panama or Peru, as applicable, provisions of foreign law shall be excluded if they are incompatible with international public policy or good morals, in which case, the laws of Panama or Peru, as applicable, will apply. Intercorp has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding brought in such court.
(xvii) No Finder’s Fee. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between Intercorp and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against Intercorp (other than the Company’s subsidiary Inteligo SAB) or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(xviii) Absence of Manipulation. Intercorp has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(xix) No Association with FINRA. Neither Intercorp nor any of its or his or her affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with any member firm of FINRA or is a person associated with a member (within the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws) of FINRA.
(xx) ERISA Compliance. Intercorp is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (C) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.
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(C) EMFI represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Good Standing. EMFI has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation (to the extent that good standing is applicable under the law of the relevant jurisdiction of incorporation), with power and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct its business in its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement or in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
(ii) Title to Securities. EMFI has, and on the Closing Date will have, full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered by EMFI on such Closing Date hereunder, free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances.
(iii) Delivery of Offered Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for the Offered Securities to be sold by EMFI pursuant to this Agreement and delivery of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement, (i) the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Offered Securities and (ii) no action based on any adverse claim to such Offered Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement.
(iv) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any person (including any Caymanian, U.S. or other governmental agency or body or any court) is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities sold by EMFI, except such as have been obtained and made under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under FINRA and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters.
(v) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance by EMFI of this Agreement, the consummation by EMFI of the transactions contemplated hereby and the offering and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of EMFI pursuant to (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any Caymanian, U.S. or other governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over EMFI or any of their properties, (ii) any agreement or instrument to which EMFI is a party or by which EMFI is bound or to which any of the properties of EMFI is subject, or (iii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of EMFI, except for in the case of (i) or (ii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement or in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
(vi) Accurate Disclosure. (a) On its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (b) as of the Applicable Time, neither the General Disclosure Package nor any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this Section 3(C)(vi) shall only apply to the information relating to the EMFI made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the EMFI furnished in writing by or on behalf of the EMFI expressly for use in the Final Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto (the “EMFI Information”). The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
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(vii) No Undisclosed Material Information. The sale of the Offered Securities by EMFI pursuant to this Agreement is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is not set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(viii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by EMFI.
(ix) Use of Funds. Neither EMFI, any of its directors or officers or, to the knowledge of EMFI, any of its employees, agents or affiliates or other person associated with or acting on behalf of EMFI has (i) used any corporate funds of EMFI for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds of EMFI; (iii) made any payment or taken any action from any funds of EMFI which violated any applicable provision of Panamanian or Peruvian anti-corruption law or of the FCPA, to the extent applicable; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom; or (v) made any bribe, unlawful rebate, unlawful payoff, unlawful influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. EMFI has instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with all applicable anti-corruption legislation.
(x) Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of EMFI are and have been conducted in compliance with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving EMFI with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of EMFI, threatened.
(xi) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither EMFI, any of its directors or officers or, to the knowledge of EMFI, any of its employees, agents or affiliates or other person associated with or acting on behalf of EMFI, is currently the subject or the target of any Sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, nor is EMFI located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and EMFI will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture, consortium partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(xii) Enforceability of this Agreement. This Agreement is or shall be in proper legal form under the laws of the Cayman Islands for the enforcement thereof in the Cayman Islands against EMFI, and (i) to ensure its legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in the Cayman Islands, it is not necessary that this Agreement or any other document related thereto be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in the Cayman Islands or that any registration tax, stamp duty or similar tax be paid in the Cayman Islands on or in respect of this Agreement other than court costs, including (without limitation) filing fees and deposits to guarantee judgment required by a Caymanian court of law and except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally.
(xiii) Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, EMFI has agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the state of New York in which the relevant suit or proceeding may be instituted. Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered in any state or federal court in the state of New York having jurisdiction in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against EMFI based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby would be declared enforceable against EMFI by the courts of the Cayman Islands without reexamination of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or retrial of the matters adjudicated upon or payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty.
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(xiv) Immunity. Neither EMFI, nor any of its assets or revenues, has immunity, including sovereign immunity, from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) or from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets, (ii) the United States or the State of New York or (iii) the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision thereof. To the extent that EMFI or any of its assets or revenues may have or may hereafter have immunity from any such court, EMFI has, pursuant to Section 18 of this Agreement, waived, and it will waive, such immunity to the extent permitted by law.
(xv) Valid Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Cayman Islands and will be recognized by the courts of the Cayman Islands, except as when under the laws of the Cayman Islands provisions of foreign law shall be excluded if they are incompatible with international public policy or good morals, in which case, the laws of the Cayman Islands will apply. EMFI has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding brought in such court.
(xvi) No Finder’s Fee. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between EMFI and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against EMFI (other than the Company’s subsidiary Inteligo SAB) or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering, other than this Underwriting Agreement.
(xvii) Absence of Manipulation. EMFI has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(xviii) No Association with FINRA. Neither EMFI nor any of its or his or her affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with any member firm of FINRA or is a person associated with a member (within the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws) of FINRA.
(xix) ERISA Compliance. EMFI is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (C) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.
4. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company and each Selling Shareholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each Selling Shareholder, at a purchase price of US$[●] per share, that number of Firm Securities (rounded up or down, as determined by the Representatives in their discretion, in order to avoid fractions) obtained by multiplying the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of the Company and such Selling Shareholder, as applicable, in Schedule A hereto by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule B hereto and the denominator of which is the total number of Firm Securities. In addition, prior to or simultaneously therewith, the Company and each Selling Shareholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to pay to the Underwriters an underwriting commission equal to US$[●] per share in connection with the Firm Securities sold by the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as applicable, under this Agreement. Such underwriting commission shall be paid by the Company and each Selling Shareholder in U.S. dollars, in immediately available funds, on the First Closing Date, to the U.S. dollar account designated by the Underwriters. The designation of such account shall be notified to the Company and the Selling Shareholders not later than two Business Days prior to the First Closing Date.
(i) The Company and each Selling Shareholder will deliver the Secondary Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of CAVALI S.A. ICLV (“Cavali”), and (ii) the Company will deliver the Primary Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), against payment of the purchase price by the Underwriters in federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives, at [●]:00 A.M., New York time, on July [●], 2019, or at such other time not later
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than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The Firm Securities so to be delivered will be made available in electronic form for checking at the office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC given to the Company from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the same purchase price per share to be paid for the Firm Securities (adjusted for any dividends declared after the First Closing Date). The Company (and not the Selling Shareholders) agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from the Company for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name bears to the total number of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to eliminate fractions). No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC to the Company. In addition, the Company (and not the Selling Shareholders) agrees to pay to the Underwriters an additional underwriting commission at the price per share to be paid for the Firm Securities in connection with the Offered Securities sold by the Company under this Agreement. Such underwriting commission shall be paid by the Company in U.S. dollars, in immediately available funds, on the Optional Closing Date, to the U.S. dollar account designated by the Underwriters. The designation of such account shall be notified to the Company not later than two Business Days prior to the Optional Closing Date.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities, being herein referred to as an “Optional Closing Date”, which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “Closing Date”), shall be determined by BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of DTC, against payment of the purchase price therefor in federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives. The Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the above office at a reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
5. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
6. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders. The Company agrees, and to the extent applicable the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, agree, with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Additional Filings. Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) as part of the Additional Registration Statement in accordance with the next sentence, the Company will file the Final Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representatives, with the SEC pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the Representatives, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and provide satisfactory evidence to the Representatives of such timely filing. If an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the Additional Registration Statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the SEC pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representatives.
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(b) Filing of Amendments; Response to SEC Requests. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Initial Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives’ consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (i) the effectiveness of any Additional Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (ii) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (iii) any request by the SEC or its staff for any amendment to any Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) the institution by the SEC of any stop order proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (v) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(c) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the SEC and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(d) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Time, except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(e) Furnishing of Prospectuses. The Company will furnish, without charge, to the Representatives copies of each Registration Statement (one of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related Statutory Prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as the Representatives reasonably request. The Final Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All other such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives reasonably designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Reporting Requirements. During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to shareholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act or mailed to shareholders. However, so long as the Company is subject to the
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reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the SEC on XXXXX, it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriters.
(h) Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agree with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company, under this Agreement, including but not limited to (i) any filing fees and other expenses (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of local and international counsels to the Underwriters) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the preparation and printing of memoranda or other documents relating thereto, costs and expenses related to the review by FINRA of the Offered Securities (including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such review not to exceed US$50,000), (ii) costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any reasonable and documented travel expenses of the Underwriters and the Company’s officers and employees including the chartering of airplanes, (iii) fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Securities on the NYSE, (iv) fees and expenses of all local and international counsels to the Company, (v) fees and expenses of the Company’s independent public accountants, (vi) fees and expenses of local and international counsels to the Underwriters, (vii) other out-of-pocket expenses of the Underwriters, (viii) fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ix) any payments to the Lima Stock Exchange, the Peruvian Securities Commission (Superintendencia del Xxxxxxx de Valores) and Cavali relating to the sale of the Secondary Firm Securities through the facilities of the Lima Stock Exchange, and (x) expenses incurred in printing and distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors.
(i) Absence of Manipulation. The Company and the Selling Shareholders will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(j) Taxes. (A) The Company and the Selling Shareholders will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar issue tax, including any interest and penalties, on the sale of the Offered Securities and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement. (B) Except as otherwise required by applicable law, all payments to be made by the Company and the Selling Shareholders under this Agreement shall be paid free and clear of any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature (including any amounts that result from the payment of fees, compensation or reimbursement of costs contemplated in this Agreement), imposed by Panama or Peru, or by any department, agency or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (collectively, “Foreign Taxes”). If any Foreign Taxes are required by law to be deducted or withheld by the Company or the Selling Shareholders in connection with such payments, the Company or the Selling Shareholders, as the case may be, shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made; provided, however, no additional amounts shall be payable on account of (i) any Foreign Taxes which would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between an Underwriter and Panama or Peru, including the Underwriter having been a resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having had a permanent establishment therein (other than a connection arising solely from the execution of this Agreement or the receipt of payments hereunder) or (ii) any Foreign Taxes imposed or withheld by reason of the failure by any Underwriter to comply with a request of the Company or the Selling Shareholders addressed to the Underwriters to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Underwriters or to make any declaration or similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to such matters, which is required by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the jurisdiction imposing such Foreign Taxes as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such Foreign Taxes; provided that such compliance would not be materially more onerous, in form, procedure or substance, than comparable information or other reporting requirements imposed under U.S. tax law, regulation and administrative practice (such as IRS Forms W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E and W-9).
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(k) (A) Restriction on Sale of Securities by the Company. For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of its Common Shares (“Lock-Up Securities”): (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (v) lend or otherwise transfer the Lock-Up Securities, (vi) file or confidentially submit with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and prior notification to Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., whether any such transaction described in (i) to (v) above is to be settled by delivery of the Lock-Up Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, except for issuances pursuant to the sale of Common Shares to the Underwriters. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC consent to in writing. In addition, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing precludes the Company from engaging in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale or disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the Company) or transfer of any economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any of the Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The Company further confirms that it has furnished BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC with the details of any transaction the Company, or any of its affiliates, is a party to as of the date hereof, which transaction would have been restricted by this Section 6(k)(A) if it had been entered into by the Company during the Lock-Up Period.
(B) Restriction on Sale of Securities by Intercorp. For the Lock-Up Period, Intercorp will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to Lock-Up Securities: (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge, dividends distribute or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (v) lend or otherwise transfer the Lock-Up Securities, (vi) request or demand the Company to file or confidentially submit a Registration Statement relating to the Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and prior notification to Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., except that such restrictions shall not apply, after expiration without exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase the Optional Securities under Section 4, to transfers to any business entity, investment fund or entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under the common control of the undersigned; provided that the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer and no filing by any party (transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act or Peruvian securities laws or the Lima Stock Exchange shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period). In addition, Intercorp acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing precludes Intercorp from engaging in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale or disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than Intercorp) or transfer of any economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any of the Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of or other securities, in cash or otherwise. Intercorp further confirms that it has furnished BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC with the details of any transaction Intercorp, or any of its affiliates, is a party to as of the date hereof, which transaction would have been restricted by this Section 6(k)(B) if it had been entered into by each Selling Shareholder during the Lock-Up Period.
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(C) Restriction on Sale of Securities by EMFI. Restriction on Sale of Securities by EMFI. For the period of 90 days after the date hereof (“EMFI Lock-up Period”), EMFI will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to Lock-Up Securities: (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge, dividends distribute or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (v) lend or otherwise transfer the Lock-Up Securities, (vi) request or demand the Company to file or confidentially submit a Registration Statement relating to the Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and prior notification to Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., except that such restrictions shall not apply, after expiration without exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase the Optional Securities under Section 4, to transfers to any business entity, investment fund or entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under the common control of the undersigned; provided that the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer and no filing by any party (transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act or Peruvian securities laws or the Lima Stock Exchange shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the EMFI Lock-Up Period). In addition, EMFI acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing precludes EMFI from engaging in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale or disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the EMFI) or transfer of any economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any of the Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of or other securities, in cash or otherwise. EMFI confirms that it has furnished BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC with the details of any transaction EMFI, or any of its affiliates, is a party to as of the date hereof, which transaction would have been restricted by this Section 6(k)(C) if it had been entered into EMFI during the EMFI Lock-Up Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and provided that EMFI is not required to and does not voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers, EMFI may acquire Lock-Up Securities in open market transactions after the completion of the offering of the Offered Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall this this Section 6(k)(C) apply to or be enforceable against any person or entity other than EMFI, including, without limitation, any person or entity other than EMFI to which NWI Management, L.P. provides investment advice.
(D) Agreement to Announce Lock-Up Waiver. If BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 8(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(l) Use of Proceeds. The Company and Interbank will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) Offer-for-Sale Transaction on the Lima Stock Exchange. The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall, and, to the extent applicable, the Company shall cause Inteligo Sociedad Agente de Bolsa S.A. (“Inteligo”) to, (i) comply with the terms and conditions of the Aviso de Oferta (Peruvian Notice of Offering) issued by the Company prior to the date hereof (a true and complete copy of which has been provided to the Underwriters), (ii) submit and accept the buy orders to be submitted by or on behalf of the Underwriters to give effect to the sale of the Firm Securities by such Selling Shareholder under the terms of this Agreement resulting from the book-building process of the offering in Peru and elsewhere, (iii) in the case of the Company, request that the Lima Stock Exchange not resume trading of the Common Shares of the Company on the exchange prior to the commencement of the trading of the Common Shares of the Company on the NYSE to permit orderly trading on both exchanges, (iv) in the case of the Company, timely deliver the final allocation of the offering of the Secondary Firm Securities to the Lima Stock Exchange, (v) complete the clearance of the offering of the Firm Securities on the Lima Stock Exchange on the First Closing Date, and (vi) take all the reasonable actions requested by the Representatives in order to complete the foregoing.
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7. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company and the Selling Shareholders represent and agree that, unless they obtain the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, they have not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the SEC. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely SEC filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the SEC any electronic road show.
8. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholders of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of Ernst & Young confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Exhibit A hereto shall be a date no more than three days prior to such Closing Date).
(b) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement and the Exchange Act Registration Statement shall have become effective. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later time as shall have been consented to by the Representatives. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the SEC in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of any Selling Shareholder, the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the SEC.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company or its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company or its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in U.S., Panamanian, Peruvian or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the NYSE or the NASDAQ, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchanges; (v) any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal, New York, Panamanian, Peruvian authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment or clearance services in the United States, Panama or Peru; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, Panama or
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Peru, any declaration of war by the United States, Panama or Peru or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
(d) Opinion and 00x-0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholders. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, and a negative assurance letter, dated such Closing Date, of Shearman & Sterling LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholders, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(e) Opinion and 10b-5 Letter of Panamanian, Peruvian, and Bahamian Counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholders and opinion of Cayman Islands Counsel for EMFI. The Representatives shall have received (i) an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxx, Xxxxxx x Xxxx, Panamanian counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholders, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, (ii) an opinion, and a negative assurance letter, dated such Closing Date, from J&A Garrigues Perú S. Civil de X.X, Peruvian counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholders, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, (iii) an opinion dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Bahamian counsel for the Company and the Selling Shareholders, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto, and (iv) an opinion dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx, Cayman Islands counsel for EMFI, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4 hereto.
(f) Opinion and 00x-0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, and a negative assurance letter, addressed to the Underwriters, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Letter of Panamanian, Peruvian and Bahamian Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received (i) an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxx, Fabrega & Fabrega, Panamanian counsel for the Underwriters, (ii) an opinion, and a negative assurance letter, dated such Closing Date, from Miranda & Xxxxx Abogados, Peruvian counsel for the Underwriters, and (iii) an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Bahamian counsel for the Underwriters, addressed to the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that to the knowledge of such officer after due inquiry: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by the SEC; the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was timely filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) of Regulation S-T of the SEC; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
(i) Certificate of Selling Shareholders. At the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Selling Shareholders, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of each Selling Shareholder in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date and (ii) each Selling Shareholder has complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
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(j) Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer. The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
(k) Lock-Up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received lock-up letters, each substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, from each of the officers and directors of the Company listed on Schedule D hereto.
(l) No Legal Impediment to Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any Panamanian, Peruvian, U.S. or other regulatory authority that would, as of such Closing Date, prevent the sale of the Offered Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of such Closing Date, prevent the sale of the Offered Securities.
(m) Exchange Listing. The Offered Securities shall have been approved to be listed on the NYSE.
(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to any Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates (including incumbency certificates) and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request in connection with this Agreement.
(o) Delivery of Securities. On the applicable Closing Date, the Secondary Firm Securities shall be delivered to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of Cavali, the Primary Firm Securities and the Optional Securities shall be delivered to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of DTC, and at the instruction of the Representatives, Inteligo SAB shall deliver any Secondary Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of DTC.
The Company and the Selling Shareholders will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as such and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the International Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Shareholder to the International Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
9. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Indemnification of Underwriters by the Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any part of any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
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such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below.
(b) Indemnification of Underwriters by Intercorp and EMFI. (i) Intercorp will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any part of any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or road show, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this clause (i) with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided that Intercorp will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below; and
(ii) EMFI will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any part of any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or road show, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this clause (ii) with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided that this Section 9(b) (ii) shall only apply to the EMFI Information; provided, further, that EMFI will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any amounts owed or liabilities incurred by EMFI hereunder may be satisfied solely from the assets of EMFI. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall any Indemnified Party have recourse with respect to any such amounts owed or liabilities incurred by EMFI to such Indemnified Party, to or against (i) any assets of any person or entity (including without limitation, any person or entity whose account is under the management of the investment manager of EMFI) other than EMFI, (ii) any assets of any affiliate of EMFI other than subsidiaries of EMFI, or (iii) any assets of the investment manager, the trustee, or the board of directors of EMFI or any affiliate (other than EMFI) of such investment manager, trustee, or board of directors.
(c) Indemnification of the Company and the Selling Shareholders. Each Underwriter will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each Selling Shareholder (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
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based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement at any time, any part of any Statutory Prospectus at any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the information contained in the first paragraph under the subheading “Underwriting Commissions”, the third paragraph under the subheading “New York Stock Exchange Listing”, all of the paragraphs under the subheading “Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids”, and the paragraph under the subheading “Electronic Distribution”, all of them under the heading “Underwriting” in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), at its own expense, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof; provided that the indemnifying parties shall in no event be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total gross proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders bear to the net underwriting commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling Shareholders or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
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correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net underwriting commissions (after deducting taxes and expenses) received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Offered Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9(e).
10. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Shareholders for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholders for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Shareholders except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Selling Shareholders, the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling Shareholder, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company and the Selling Shareholders will, jointly and severally will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 9 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Sections 2 and 3 and all obligations under Section 6 shall also remain in effect.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to BofA Securities, Inc., Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Facsimile: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to, Facsimile: (000) 000-0000, Attention: ECM Legal; X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Facsimile: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: IDB—Equity Capital Markets, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Torre Interbank Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 000, 00xx Xxxxx, Xx
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Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00, Perú, Facsimile: (000) 000-0000; Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, General Counsel, if sent to Interbank, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Torre Interbank, Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 000, 0xx Xxxxx, Xx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00, Perú , Facsimile: (000) 000-0000; Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, General Counsel, if sent to Intercorp will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Torre Interbank, Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 000, 00xx Xxxxx, Xx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00, Perú , Facsimile: (000) 000-0000; Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer, or if sent to EMFI will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000; Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx; or if provided that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective representatives and successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Representation. The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
16. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Selling Shareholders acknowledge and agree that:
(a) No Other Relationship. The Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company or the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Representatives, on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company or the Selling Shareholders on other matters. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, the Selling Shareholders or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and each shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company or the Selling Shareholders with respect thereto. Any review by the Representative and the other Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representative and the other Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company or the Selling Shareholders;
(b) Arms’ Length Negotiations. The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company and the Selling Shareholders following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholders are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company and the Selling Shareholders have been advised that the Representatives and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company or the Selling Shareholders and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company or the Selling Shareholders by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) Waiver. The Company and the Selling Shareholders waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or the Selling Shareholders in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
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17. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute relating to or arising out of this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and the Selling Shareholders irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company and the Selling Shareholders have appointed Corporation Service Company (CSC), at its offices located at 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, as their authorized agent (“Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein that may be instituted in any U.S. federal or state court in New York City, by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. Such appointment shall be irrevocable. The Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby represent and warrant that its Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company and the Selling Shareholders agree to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process in compliance with applicable requirements upon the Company’s and the Selling Shareholders’ Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company and the Selling Shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Panama or Peru. The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
The obligation of the Company or any Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency; if the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company and such Selling Shareholder agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, such Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company or such Selling Shareholder an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder.
18. Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company or any Selling Shareholder has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company or such Selling Shareholder hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent permitted by applicable law.
19. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Selling Shareholders, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
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21. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
As used in this Section 21:
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(A) | a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); |
(B) | a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or |
(C) | (a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). |
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement kindly sign and return to the Company and the Selling Shareholders one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholders, and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||
INTERCORP FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
BANCO INTERNACIONAL DEL PERÚ, S.A.A.—INTERBANK. |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
INTERCORP PERÚ LTD. |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
NWI EMERGING MARKET FIXED INCOME MASTER FUND. LTD. | ||
By: NWI Management, L.P., as Investment Manager |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
The Underwriting Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date first above
written.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters.
BOFA SECURITIES, INC. |
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC |
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
ITAU BBA USA SECURITIES, INC. |
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
Number of Primary Firm Securities to be Sold |
Number of Optional Securities to be Sold |
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Intercorp Financial Services, Inc. |
[ | ●] | [ | ●] | ||||
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Total |
[ | ●] | [ | ●] |
Number of Secondary Firm Securities to be Sold |
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Intercorp Financial Services, Inc. |
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Intercorp Perú Ltd. |
[ | ●] | ||
Banco Internacional del Perú, S.A.A.—Interbank |
[ | ●] | ||
NWI Emerging Market Fixed Income Master Fund Ltd. |
[ | ●] | ||
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Total |
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SCHEDULE B
Underwriter |
Number of Firm Securities to be Purchased |
Number of Optional Securities to be Purchased |
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BofA Securities, Inc. |
[ | ●] | [ | ●] | ||||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
[ | ●] | [ | ●] | ||||
Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc. |
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SCHEDULE C
1. | General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package) |
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:
[None]
2. | Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package |
The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:
1. The price to the public of the Offered Securities: US$[●] per Offered Security.
2. The total number of Offered Securities sold pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement: [●] Common Shares.
3. The underwriting commissions: US$[●] per Offered Security.
3. | [List other information] |
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SCHEDULE D
List of Lock-Up Signatories
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx y Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Aljovín Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Brazzini
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SCHEDULE E
List of Significant Subsidiaries
• | Banco Internacional del Perú, S.A.A.—Interbank |
• | Interseguro Compañía de Seguros, S.A. |
• | Inteligo Group Corp. |
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EXHIBIT A
Accountants’ Comfort Letter
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EXHIBIT B
Legal Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter from U.S. Counsel for the Company
and the Selling Shareholders
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EXHIBIT C-1
Legal Opinion from Panamanian Counsel for the Company
and the Selling Shareholders
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EXHIBIT C-2
Legal Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter from Peruvian Counsel for the Company
and the Selling Shareholders
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EXHIBIT C-3
Legal Opinion Bahamian Counsel for the Company
and the Selling Shareholders
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EXHIBIT C-4
Cayman Islands counsel for EMFI
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EXHIBIT D
Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT E
[●], 2019
Intercorp Financial Services Inc.
Torre Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 000
Xxxx 00, Xxxx
BofA Securities, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among Intercorp Financial Services, Inc., a Panamanian corporation (sociedad anónima) (the “Company”), Banco Internacional del Perú, S.A.A.—Interbank, a subsidiary of the Company (“Interbank”), and Intercorp Perú Ltd. (“Intercorp”) and NWI Emerging Market Fixed Income Master Fund Ltd., (“EMFI” and, together with Interbank and Intercorp, the “Selling Shareholders”) and BofA Securities, Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Itau BBA USA Securities Inc., as representatives of the Underwriters named therein (the “Representatives”), pursuant to which an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a U.S. public market for common shares, with no par value (the “Common Shares”) of Intercorp Financial Services, Inc., and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto, (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby agrees with each Underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of its Common Shares (“Lock-Up Securities”): (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, directly or indirectly, Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement or transaction that, directly or indirectly, transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), (v) lend or otherwise transfer the Lock-Up Securities or (vi) or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without, in each case, the prior written consent of BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and prior notification to Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc. In addition, the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing precludes the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transactions or arrangements (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) designed or intended, or which could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in, a sale or disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the undersigned) or transfer of any economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any of the Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The undersigned further confirms that it has furnished
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BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC with the details of any transaction the undersigned, or any of its affiliates, is a party to as of the date hereof, which transaction would have been restricted by this Lock-Up Agreement if it had been entered into by the undersigned during the Lock-Up Period. The undersigned further agrees that, without the prior written consent of BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and prior notification to Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Lock-Up Securities.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue and include the date 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Offered Securities (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, to which the Underwriters are or expect to become parties.
Any Lock-Up Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be subject to this Lock-Up Agreement. The following transfers of Lock-Up Securities may be made: (i) transfers as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) transfers or distributions to family members, shareholders of the undersigned or a trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or a family member of the undersigned, (iii) upon the death of the undersigned, transfers by the estate of the undersigned, and (iv) transfers to any business entity, investment fund or entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of the undersigned; provided that in the case of clauses (i) to (iv) the transferee, donee or distributee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer and no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor, transferee, distributor or distributee) under the Exchange Act or Peruvian securities laws or the Lima Stock Exchange, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of Lock-Up Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Lock-Up Securities, BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, on behalf of the underwriters, will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Lock-Up Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
This Lock-Up Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Lock-Up Agreement shall lapse and become null and void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before [●], 2019. This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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Very truly yours, | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT F
Form of Press Release
Intercorp Financial Services, Inc.
[Date]
Intercorp Financial Services, Inc. (“IFS”) announced today that BofA Securities, Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, global coordinators and joint bookrunners in the Company’s recent U.S. public sale of [●] common shares of the Company, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [●] common shares of the Company held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on, [●], [●], and the common shares may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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